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A San Diego woman fell out of a shower, though a window, and down a 15-foot shaft. The woman survived the ordeal and was rescued by emergency crews who pried her through the bathroom window of the apartment unit below her unit. The woman was not identified and is reported to be in her 50s. Police believe that alcohol or drugs may have played a role in the accident, which may have been beneficial in relaxing the woman and preventing serious injury, reports San Diego 10 News....

Advertising is tricky business. The right words could bring lots of money into your business. The wrong words could hurt your business’ reputation and bottom line. Budweiser is learning that the hard way. As part of its “Up for Whatever” campaign, Budweiser printed, “The perfect beer for removing ’no’ from your vocabulary for the night” on its beer bottles. Social media erupted in protest over the perceived encouragement of date rape....

Disability insurance can be your safety net when serious medical problems hit, and it can be devastating to have those insurance claims denied. If this has happened to you, don’t lose hope just yet. After you figure out why your disability claim was denied, you may be able to make corrections and resubmit your claim, or you may have a good case for an appeal. Here are five common reasons disability insurance claims are denied, and some thoughts on what you may be able to do next:...

Need some holiday spending tips? With Black Friday underway – and with Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and even “Mobile Tuesday” just around the corner – the holiday season beckons shoppers with deals galore. Before you gas up your car or power on your laptop, though, here are seven tips to help keep your holiday spending in check: Happy holidays – and happy shopping! Related Resources: 4 Tips to Keep Holiday Spending in Check (Kiplinger) Creating and Sticking to a Budget (FindLaw) Top 5 Tips for Holiday Shoppers (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life) Don’t Let the Holidays Ruin Your Credit Score: 5 Tips (FindLaw’s Common Law) You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help Civil Rights Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court...

Poor Abercrombie & Fitch just can’t get a break. Soon after a stunning 8-1 defeat before the Supreme Court over religious head coverings, Abercrombie is going back to the courtroom. Approximately 62,000 of the company’s California employees are suing over the company’s strict uniform policy. What trouble has Abercrombie gotten itself into now? Abercrombie has a ridiculously picky “look policy.” Employees must have natural hair colors and highlights. Nail polish must be natural colors....

Ashley Alford sued Aaron’s in a sexual harassment lawsuit. The jury awarded her a verdict against the company to the tune of $95 million. Aaron’s Inc. is a national rent-to-own furniture store. The plaintiff, Ashley Alford, a former employee, claimed that she suffered humiliating and degrading sexual harassment from the store manager at the branch where she worked, reports the New York Daily News. The harassment began shortly after she began working at an Aaron’s branch in St....

If you’ve been held against your will by a police officer or security guard, you may be wondering whether you can sue for false imprisonment. False imprisonment generally means that someone is unlawfully restrained against her will by someone without legal authority, consent, or other justification. False imprisonment can be both a crime and a civil wrong. In a civil case, a person claiming false imprisonment typically seeks to recover damages for the interference with her right to move freely....

The U.S. Senate approved a measure to extend the CARS program (“Cash for Clunkers”) by $2 billion late last week in a 60 to 37 vote. This, after the sweeping success of the initial nearly $1 billion allocation surprised not only critics, dealers and consumers, but even White House officials. Just five days after officially launching the program aimed to incentivize car sales as well as edge gas-guzzlers off road, funds were already running low....

A performer died after a Cirque du Soleil accident during a show in Las Vegas, authorities and the company said Sunday. Sarah Guillot Guyard, 31, a member of the cast of the “KA” show at the MGM Grand, was pronounced dead shortly before midnight Saturday, according to the Clark County Coroner’s office. The cause of death has yet to be determined. Guyard, a mother of two who spent more than 22 years as an aerial artist, performed as “Sassoon” in the show, which involves aerial acrobatics....

On the heels of Nevada’s formal issuance of domestic partnership certificates, the nation’s capital is next up for recognizing same-sex unions. Earlier this week Washington D.C. city council members introduced the legislation, which is co-sponsored by 10 council members and supported by the mayor. Differing from Nevada’s recognition of same-sex domestic partnerships, in D.C., the unions will be called marriages. The legislation reportedly states that “any person…may marry any other eligible person regardless of gender....

Students at Saratoga Springs High School in upstate New York were a bit amused on Tuesday when the 2011 Saratoga yearbook was released and visibly missing two photos. To rectify a prank that left senior Maya Kurchner with two gold teeth, after getting permission from both Maya and a fellow student, school staff spent the last day of class cutting her picture out of 1,000 yearbooks. The school’s principal was made aware of the doctored photo on Tuesday when he was greeted by Maya Kurchner’s father and attorney, reports The Saratogian....

Safe haven laws – sometimes colorfully called Baby Moses laws – allow a person to get rid of a newborn child anonymously. They exist throughout the country and differ in the details but all exist to help children whose parents cannot keep them. There is a safe haven law in all fifty states. The National Safe Haven Alliance, headquartered in Virginia, has a map on its website that shows the baby safe haven laws in each state....

Welcome to the new FindLaw series, “If I Find,” where we’ll discuss the rule of finders keepers as it applies to different topics. We hope you’ll check back regularly! What’s that black sludge puddling up in your back yard? … Oil? Congratulations, you’re rich! Or, are you? Finding oil on your property may feel like striking liquid gold and winning the jackpot. However, it may not be a sure fact that you’ll make any money off of it....

It’s about that time – your nest is about to get a little emptier. There are a lot of emotions that can bubble up when a child goes off to college, much of it is apprehension and fear for their wellbeing. And while you might be focusing on the physical, emotional, and financial risks (as well as that GPA), there are some legal risks to be aware of as well....

Michael Cohen, the man who claims he covered up the president’s “dirty deeds,” was sentenced to three years in prison this morning for his role in funneling hush money to two Donald Trump mistresses in the run-up to the 2016 election. The former lawyer and “fixer,” also received a two-month sentence for lying to Congress regarding Trump’s business dealings in Russia, which he will be able to serve concurrently. This is big news, of course, but the questions naturally turn to: What does Trump think, and how will this affect the presidency?...

Even though some are reporting that the housing market is slowly improving, many homeowners are still finding themselves in financially difficult situations and are facing foreclosure. In response, some homeowners are walking away from mortgage payments altogether, refusing to pay. But, according to a survey conducted by FindLaw.com, the majority of Americans don’t approve of this tactic. Sixty-percent of people polled by FindLaw.com believe that it is never acceptable to walk away from a mortgage, even if there is a valid reason to do so....

For a small business, finding the right number of employees is a delicate balance. And though economic times may pose a formidable hurdle in the present, visionary entrepreneurs are often looking to the future and imaging how their ventures will be able to grow, expand, and still output quality goods and services. According to a survey released by Intuit this week, it looks like small business may be ready to start recruiting new players to the team....

State Farm insurance company has brought a federal lawsuit to get out of paying Jerry Sandusky’s considerable legal bills. Sandusky bought a fairly typical home insurance policy from State Farm in 1985. When the sexual abuse scandal broke, Sandusky sought to utilize his insurance to pay his legal bills from both his criminal and civil cases. State Farm initially declined to cover the criminal matter, but did pay for Sandusky’s civil bills....

If you are injured by someone else’s negligence while shopping at a Walmart, or any big box store, you may be wondering what you need to do in order to recover. Depending on how the injury happened, you may be able to negotiate a settlement with a claims representative. If your claim is against Walmart itself, you’ll likely need to file a lawsuit against the store (as Walmart has a bad reputation for not settling injury claims)....

Complaints about property damage and health problems linked to tainted drywall manufactured in drywall are on the rise, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced last week, when a team of CPSC experts was in Washington to meet with members of Congress over the problem. CPSC reports that it has received 180 reports from consumers in 13 states “who believe their health symptoms or the corrosion of certain metal components in their homes are related to the presence of drywall produced in China....